BASKETBALL
The Westville and Kearsney 1st team produced an entertaining basketball clash at Westville on Saturday, with a strong start proving pivotal in a narrow four-point win for the visitors.
The schools split the four open age-group matches, but Westville was unbeaten at U16 level. In a nail-biting thriller, Kearsney edged out Westville by one point in the U15A game.
They also won the U14A game, but by a more comfortable 10-point margin. Three of the four U14 matches would have gone the other way with a three-pointer. Competition was tight!
Results
1st: Westville 49-53 Kearsney
2nd: Westville 24-23 Kearsney
3rd: Westville 46-12 Kearsney
4th: Westville 10-28 Kearsney
16A: Westville 30-27 Kearsney
16B: Westville 47-24 Kearsney
16C: Westville 29-21 Kearsney
16D: Westville 30-8 Kearsney
15A: Westville 35-36 Kearsney
15B: Westville 9-11 Kearsney
15C: Westville 30-28 Kearsney
15D: Westville 21-25 Kearsney
15E: Westville 33-23 Kearsney
14A: Westville 19-29 Kearsney
14B: Westville 29-27 Kearsney
14C: Westville 29-30 Kearsney
14D: Westville 13-14 Kearsney
CRICKET
Rain prevented many cricket matches from being completed.
Westville was well positioned in the 1st XI clash on Bowden’s Field, but that match was one of eight that were abandoned. Only two matches finished, both of them in favour of Westville.
In overcast conditions, when Westville won the toss on Bowden’s, it was a no-brainer that they would bowl, and that decision paid off. Six Kearsney batsmen reached double figures, but none was able to turn a start into a significant score, with Keegan de Jager‘s 29 their best effort.
Rivaan Moodley, with 24, and Ollie Rey, with 21, also made it beyond the teens.
Kearsney’s innings was undone by two mini-collapses. The first took them from 50/1 to 65/4, and the second from 94/4 to 99/7. They were eventually dismissed for 151 from 35.3 overs.
Jamie Hasselbach and Kyle McGough led the home side’s bowling, with Hasselbach returning 3/21 and McGough picking up 3/22. Liam de Villiers chipped in a useful 2/25.
Westville’s reply was steadier than Kearsney’s effort at the crease had been, and they were on 120/3 when the game was called off.
Opening batsman Aidan Baudach led the way with 39, which included seven fours, while he and his opening partner, Gaurav Sewlal, with made 21, put up 62 for the first wicket.
Kyle McGough weighed in with 23 not out, and Aarin Rasmussen was with him at the end, unbeaten on 18.
Ryan Staats bowled well, claiming 1/26 from seven overs.
Results
1st XI
Kearsney 151/10 (Keegan de Jager 29; Jamie Hasselbach 3/21, Kyle McGough 3/22)
Westville 120/3 (Aidan Baudach 39)
Match abandoned
2nd XI
Westville 168/8 (Connor 42*; Taun Mitchell 5/43)
Kearsney 45/1 (Drew Verbaan 23)
Match abandoned
3rd XI
Kearsney 144/4 (Luke Munro 36*, Keegan Simpson 34)
Westville 145/3 (Michael Faurefield 42, Mohammed Hoosen 41)
Westville won by seven wickets
4th XI
Westville 147/7; Kearsney 34/1
Match abandoned
5th XI
Kearsney 131/2 (Alex Nortje 28); Westville 13/2
Match abandoned
u15A
Westville 268/9 (Matt Shea 98, Nick Ulyett 68; Zac Woodroffe 4/48, Matthew van Wyk 3/39)
Kearsney 56/1 (Matthew van Wyk 28*)
Match abandoned
u15B
Westville 142/3 (J. Durose 60*, H. Lubbe 39)
Kearsney 72/10 (William Cooper 20; B Packer 2/6, D.Schilt 2/10)
Westville won by 70 runs
U15C
Westville 166/4 (Ryan Lawson 30, Mason Reddy 27, Aston Ramsey 25; Wallis Anthony 2/16)
Kearsney 2/0
Match abandoned
U14A
Westville 286/4 (Devon Clark 89, Dylan Kidgell 58, Lindokuhle Ngongoma 58)
Kearsney 37/1
Match abandoned
U14B
Westville 169/7 (B. Shaw 30, R. Young 29; Troy Fitt 2/26)
Kearsney 31/4 (T. White 2/18)
Match abandoned
WATER POLO
Westville pushed Kearsney hard in the clash of the 1st water polo teams, but Kearsney has held the edge in recent seasons, and so it proved again with the Botha’s Hill boys winning by two goals.
Kearsney won four of the six matches, with Westville coming out on top in the 2nd team and U14B clashes.
Kearsney won the U15 game by nine goals and the U14A clash by eight.
Results
1st: Westville 9-11 Kearsney
2nd: Westville 9-8 Kearsney
15A: Westville 4-13 Kearsney
15B: Westville 4-5 Kearsney
14A: Westville 2-10 Kearsney
14B: Westville 7-5 Kearsney